Labor patterns of spontaneous first-stage labor in Chinese women with normal neonatal outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Friedman's standards, developed almost 50 years ago, may no longer align with the needs of today's obstetric population and current pregnancy management practices. This study aims to analyze contemporary labor patterns and estimate labor duration in China, focusing on first-stage labor data from Chinese parturients with a spontaneous onset of labor.

Methods

This retrospective observational study utilized data from electronic medical records of a tertiary hospital in Changsha, Hunan. Out of a total of 2,689 parturients, exclusions were made for multiple gestations, preterm, post-term, or stillbirth, cesarean delivery, non-vertex presentation, and neonatal intensive care unit admission. Average labor curves were constructed by parity using repeated-measure analysis,

SUBMITTER: Peng L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11221650 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature